# Pilar Llop > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pilar_Llop > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pilar_Llop.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Llop > Source revision: 1350636335 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Spanish judge and politician In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Llop* and the second or maternal family name is *Cuenca*. The Most Excellent Pilar Llop Minister of Justice First Notary of the Kingdom In office 12 July 2021 – 21 November 2023 Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Preceded by Juan Carlos Campo Succeeded by Félix Bolaños 61st President of the Senate In office 3 December 2019 – 8 July 2021 Monarch Felipe VI Vice President Cristina Narbona Pío García-Escudero Preceded by Manuel Cruz Rodríguez Succeeded by Ander Gil Member of the Senate In office 11 July 2019 – 8 July 2021 Constituency Assembly of Madrid Government Delegate for Gender Violence In office 24 July 2018 – 13 April 2019 Preceded by María José Ordóñez Succeeded by Rebeca Palomo Member of the Assembly of Madrid In office 11 June 2019 – 12 July 2021 In office 9 June 2015 – 13 July 2018 Personal details Born (1973-08-03) 3 August 1973 (age 52) Madrid, Spain Citizenship Spanish Occupation Judge, politician, consultant **María Pilar Llop Cuenca** (born 3 August 1973) is a Spanish judge and politician who served as the [minister of Justice of Spain](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_of_Spain) and *ex officio* [First Notary of the Kingdom](/source/First_Notary_of_the_Kingdom) from 2021 to 2023. Previously, she served as the 61st [president of the Senate of Spain](/source/President_of_the_Senate_of_Spain). She has been [Spanish Senator](/source/Spanish_Senate) designated by the [Assembly of Madrid](/source/Assembly_of_Madrid), an assembly of which she has been part since June 2019. Previously, she was member of the [Assembly of Madrid](/source/Assembly_of_Madrid) from 2015 to 2018 and [Government Delegate for Gender Violence](/source/Government_Delegation_for_Gender_Violence) of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019. ## Early life and education Born on 3 August 1973 in Madrid to a humble family; her father was a taxi-driver and her mother a hairdresser.[1][2][3] She graduated with a degree in law at the [Complutense University of Madrid](/source/Complutense_University_of_Madrid).[4] She also obtained a master's degree in judicial translation in the [University of Alicante](/source/University_of_Alicante).[2] ## Career Llop entered the judiciary in 1999 and became a magistrate in 2004.[5] Llop ran in the [Spanish Socialist Worker's Party](/source/Spanish_Socialist_Worker's_Party) (PSOE) list for the [2015 Madrilenian regional election](/source/2015_Madrilenian_regional_election) led by [Ángel Gabilondo](/source/%C3%81ngel_Gabilondo) and became a member of the 10th term of the regional legislature. She formalised the renouncement of her seat in the [Assembly of Madrid](/source/Assembly_of_Madrid) on 13 July 2018,[6] as she had been appointed by the [Council of Ministers](/source/Council_of_Ministers_(Spain)) presided over by [Pedro Sánchez](/source/Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez_(politician)) as the new [Government Delegate for Gender Violence](/source/Government_Delegation_for_Gender_Violence). She was sworn into office on 24 July 2018.[7] During her time in office, Llop led efforts on reforming Spain’s [insolvency](/source/Insolvency) law to simplify bankruptcy proceedings and meet a major condition agreed with the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) to obtain [European Union recovery funds](/source/Next_Generation_EU).[8] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hernández, Nuria (2 December 2019). ["Así es Pilar Llop, la próxima presidenta del Senado: jueza políglota, feminista y madre de una hija"](https://www.revistavanityfair.es/poder/articulos/pilar-llop-presidenta-del-senado-familia-marido-hija/42072). *[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine))*. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-alvarez20181227_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-alvarez20181227_2-1) Álvarez, Pilar (27 December 2018). ["En una sociedad democrática no cabe la prostitución"](https://elpais.com/sociedad/2018/12/21/actualidad/1545391764_695277.html). *[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-confilegal_3-0)** ["Pilar Llop: "Estoy en política para que la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres sea una realidad""](https://confilegal.com/20150706-pilar-llop-compromiso-politica-luchar-igualdad-hombres-mujeres-sea-realidad-05072015-2205/). *Confilegal*. 6 July 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Álvarez, Pilar (13 July 2018). ["Pilar Llop, nueva delegada del Gobierno para la Violencia de Género"](https://elpais.com/politica/2018/07/13/actualidad/1531466818_064358.html). *[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["La delegada del Gobierno en violencia machista explicará en el Congreso cómo identificar las conductas de acoso"](https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/igualdad/noticia-delegada-gobierno-violencia-machista-explicara-congreso-identificar-conductas-acoso-20181112125847.html). [Europa Press](/source/Europa_Press_(news_agency)). 12 November 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Altas y bajas de diputados en la X legislatura"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190204174450/https://www.asambleamadrid.es/Documents/Transparencia/XLEGISLATURAdiputadosaltasbajas.pdf) (PDF). [Assembly of Madrid](/source/Assembly_of_Madrid). Archived from [the original](https://www.asambleamadrid.es/Documents/Transparencia/XLEGISLATURAdiputadosaltasbajas.pdf) (PDF) on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Martes, 24 de julio de 2018 (7.00 GMT)"](https://www.elconfidencial.com/ultima-hora-en-vivo/2018-07-24/martes-24-de-julio-de-2018-7-00-gmt_1580519/). *[El Confidencial](/source/El_Confidencial)*. 24 July 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Belén Carreño (21 December 2021), [Spain streamlines bankruptcy process to get EU recovery funds](https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/spain-streamlines-bankruptcy-process-get-eu-recovery-funds-2021-12-21/) *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pilar Llop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Llop) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Llop?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.